diff --git a/templates/partials/blogPosts.html b/templates/partials/blogPosts.html
index 1283a3b8a..a109cebfd 100644
--- a/templates/partials/blogPosts.html
+++ b/templates/partials/blogPosts.html
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 {% block content %}
 
-<div class="text-center main-title px-0 md:w-2/3 lg:w-2/3 mx-8 md:mx-12">
-  <h1
-    class="tracking-tight text-left text-2xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl fw-500 leading-snug font-normal mb-10"
+<div class="text-center main-title px-0 md:w-2/3 mx-8 md:mx-12">
+  <h2
+    class="tracking-tight text-left text-2xl md:text-4xl fw-500 leading-snug font-medium"
   >
   {% set path_array = current_path | split(pat="/") %}
   {% set taxonomy = path_array[1] %}
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
     {% if taxonomy == "categories" %} - 
         {{category | replace(from='-', to=' ' ) | title}}
     {% endif %}
-  </h1>
+  </h2>
   <div>
-    <div class="mt-12 grid gap-5 max-w-lg mx-auto lg:grid-cols-2 xl:grid-cols-3 lg:max-w-none">
+    <div class="mt-3 grid gap-5 max-w-lg mx-auto md:grid-cols-2 lg:grid-cols-3 lg:max-w-none">
       {%- for post in paginator.pages %} 
           {% if not post.extra.hidden %}
             {% include "partials/postCard.html" %} 
diff --git a/templates/partials/blogSidebar.html b/templates/partials/blogSidebar.html
index 7c910c74c..acde50600 100644
--- a/templates/partials/blogSidebar.html
+++ b/templates/partials/blogSidebar.html
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 
-<div class="mx-8 md:mx-4 flex flex-col">
-    <div class="flex flex-col mb-12 mr-8 lg:mr-24">
-        <h4 class="text-base not-italic font-medium leading-6 text-gray-600 mb-6"> FILTER POSTS BY</h4>
-        <a id="all" class="mb-3 text-black font-normal" href="/blog">All</a>
+<div class="mx-8 md:mx-4 flex flex-col mt-2 md:mt-8">
+    <div class="flex flex-col mb-12">
+        <h4 class="text-base not-italic font-medium leading-6 text-gray-600 mb-4"> FILTER POSTS BY</h4>
+        <a id="all" class="mb-2 text-black font-normal" href="/blog">All</a>
         {% set taxonomy = get_taxonomy(kind="categories") %}
         {% set categories = taxonomy.items %}
         {% for category in categories %}
             {% set path = category.name | slugify %}
             {% set fullpath = "/categories/" ~ path %}
-            <a id="{{path}}" class="mb-3 text-black font-normal" href={{fullpath}}> {{category.name}} </a>
+            <a id="{{path}}" class="mb-2 text-black font-normal" href={{fullpath}}> {{category.name}} </a>
         {% endfor %}
     </div>
 
diff --git a/templates/partials/featuredBlog.html b/templates/partials/featuredBlog.html
index 26731efc7..44a5731e6 100644
--- a/templates/partials/featuredBlog.html
+++ b/templates/partials/featuredBlog.html
@@ -9,27 +9,30 @@
 
 <body>
 
-  <div class="md:grid md:grid-cols-2 md:gap-8 relative mt-16 lg:mt-16 items-center container mx-auto">
-    <div class="relative lg:ml-8 my-8 w-full md:w-auto">
-      <h3 class="text-base not-italic leading-6 text-gray-600">FEATURED POST</h3>
+  <div class="md:grid md:grid-cols-2 md:gap-8 relative mt-12 md:mt-10 items-center container mx-auto">
+    <div class="relative my-8 w-full md:w-auto mx-3 lg:mx-12">
+      <h3 class="text-base not-italic font-medium leading-6 text-gray-600 mb-4">FEATURED POST</h3>
       <a href={{featured.permalink}} class="">
         <h2
-          class="mt-8 text-2xl main-title sm:text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl fw-500 leading-snug font-normal mb-4 md:mb-10 ">
+          class="text-2xl main-title md:text-4xl fw-500 leading-snug font-medium">
           {{ featured.title }}
         </h2>
+        <p class="mt-2 text-base font-normal text-gray-500 text-left">
+          {{ featured.description }}
+        </p>
       </a>
-      <h4 class="text-sm not-italic font-light leading-6 text-gray-600">
+      <h4 class="my-2 text-sm not-italic font-light leading-6 text-gray-600">
         {{ featured.date | date(format="%B %e, %Y", timezone="America/Chicago")}} -
       </h4>
 
     </div>
 
-    <div class="mx-4 relative lg:mt-0 max-w-full">
-      <img class="relative mx-auto md:w-auto rounded md:max-w-full max-h-80" src={{featured.permalink}}{{featured.extra.imgPath}} alt="" />
+    <div class="relative lg:mt-0 max-w-full">
+      <img class="relative rounded mx-auto  max-h-64 p-2 border-2 border-gray-100" src={{featured.permalink}}{{featured.extra.imgPath}} alt="" />
     </div>
   </div>
 
-  <hr class="mt-6">
+  <hr class="mt-6 max-w-7xl mx-auto">
 
   </div>
   </div>
